A $99 Videogame Console Challenges Xbox One, PS4

7/17/2013 5:00AM

Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PS4 now must play against much cheaper competition: The Ouya videogame console had its debut in June—and Amazon is already sold out. WSJ’s Adam Najberg tells us how it matches up.

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